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Jan. 27, 1931. J. WHITEHEAD -3 ANTIBALLOONING ARRANGEMENT FOR QAP AND RING SPINNING,

DOUBLING, TWISTTNG, AND LIKE MACHINES Filed Dec, 19, 1'5328 5 Sheets-finest l Er f INVENTORI- ATTXeS- 19, 1928 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 WHITEHEAD Jan. 27, 1931; I J

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J. WHITEHEAD 1,190,336 ARRANGEMENT FOR CAP AND RING SPINNING,"

AND LIKE MACHINES 1928 5 sheets sheet 5 Patented Jan. 27, 1931 UNETED STATES JAMES WHITEHEAD, or owner, ENGLAND 'ANTIBALLOONING' ARRANGEMENT FOR ear AND RING sP'INNiNe, DounLrNd,

TWISTING, AND LIKE EIACI-IINES Application filed December 19, 1928, Serial No. 327,085, and Great Britain becember 22', 1927.

v This invention relates to the production of ant1-balloon1ng devlces, whlch are used in connection with cap and ring spinning, doubling, twisting and like machines of that type of said devices which may be adjusted in the desired position relatively to the ring rail of a ring spinning or like machine or to the lifter rail of a cap frame and which may be applied either to new or to existing machines, and my said invention consists in the employment of a manually actuated shaft which I mount to extend lengthwise the machine and I arrange same to rotate on bearings fixed to the stationary framework of the machine in order that by pinions fixed on said shaft being made to engage with racks attached to a rail carrying the antiballooning devices the whole series of said devices may be made to occupy and be adjnsted in a higher or lower position as occasion may require and'as is hereinafter explained.

In the accompanying sheets of drawings which are illustrative of my invention 2- Fig. 1 is a front elevation of sufficient of a cap spinning frame to show the application of my improved devices. My said devices are shown in their lowest positions where they are adjusted during the process of dofiing. I

Fig. 2 is a similar view to Fig. 1 but shows my said devices approximately in the right position that they occupy during the spinning and like operations. I

Fig. 3 is a plan, drawn to an enlarged scale, showing my improved device as mounted in position surrounding a cap.

Fig. 4 is a plan, showing the mechanism by which I am enabled to raise and lower or ust my said improved devices.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the parts shown by Fig. 4:, as seen looking from left to right of said figure.

Fig. 6 is an end elevation showing means whereby I am enabled to operate the devices shown by Figs. 4 and 5.

Fig. 7 is a drawing of a single cap (made o an enlarged scale as compared with Figs.

59 in position in connection therewith.

as is shown Figs. 3. arid 7 The end 2?) of 1 and 2) with my improved device mounted v Fig. S'fs'hOwsmy improved device as used and D the caps of a cap spinning and like machine. H p In carrying inventio'riinto effect I make" use of a known form of anti-ballooningdevice aflwhich is? formed of roundnietalor wire which'is bent in the shape of a spiral the circular partaof the anttball bningue: vice is extended in oi'der to facilitatethre a ding as is well known .wliile thc tlierendQ extends from the part 2a so that its outer end 2d may be screw tl ireaded in'o'rder'thait by the fixing nuts 72 and 71, it may be fixedto the longitudinal bar Z) which extends lengthwise the spinning frame. Or the end 26 may be of taperingforiii and made to terminate in the position shown by'Fi'g. 9. U r

. The bar his fixed uponverti'c'a'i racks k which are suflicientin number to support said bar db throughout the whole of its' le'ngth. The racks in meshor gear with p'inions m which correspond in nuinberwitli the number of the racks 7c and said pinions m are fixed upon a horizontal shaft 19 which also. extends lengthwise theinachir'i'e .sothalt at its outer end and beyond the endIframe it may have fixed upon it; a gearing wheel which meshes with a pinion 79 fixed to the ratchet wheel 8 that is engaged with by a pafvvlc so that same may be retained in position as' will he understood; The ratchet wheel 8 and pinion 215 are fixed upon the hub of the hand wheel 79* so that all the three of them run loosely upon the stud 20 By the employment of the devices described the attendant may rotate the hand wheel p so as to operate the shaft p in order. that the pinions m may raise the racks in, and therefore the bar 6, or lower same as may be desired while when in position the awl s will prevent the descending of the rail 6 until the attendant again releases same in order to rotate the hand wheel 1) in the opposite direction for lowering the rail 6.

Instead of the wheels 8, 1 I may make use of a worm wheel 39 and a worm p as shown by Figs. 10 and 11. In this case the wheel p is fixed upon the shaft 12 while the worm p which gears with it is fixed upon the shaft 19 which is mounted in bearings 79 and made to extend towards the front of the machine so that the hand wheel 29 may be fixed to the end thereof. By these means the adjustment of the several parts in their respective positions may be readily etlected while by the worm element they may be retained in any of the positions that they are made to occupy.

As is shown by Fig. 1 of the drawings'the attendant, prior to the process of dotting, and after arresting the motions of the machine, will lower the devices a in order to leave the caps D clear and free so that the attendant may handle same without interference by any of my devices, while the same adjusting mechanism enables the attendant, as is before stated, to adjust the rail 1) in any desired position lengthwise said caps D.

Although I have hereinbefore described my improved device as being applicable for use in connection with cap spinning frames the same may also be made use of in ring spinning machines when such machines have the ring rail fixed or stationary and wherein the bobbin f and its spindle are raised and lowered to carry out the building operations. In the said type of machine my device a may be mounted in the position relative to the ring rail somewhat as shown by Fig. 8.

Such being the nature and object of my said invention what I claim is In anti-ballooning mechanism for cap or ring spinning machines, the combination with a series of anti-ballooning devices corresponding in number with the number of spindles in the machine, a rail or bar in said machine upon which said devices are adjust ably mounted, racks supporting said longitudinal bar, guiding devices for said racks, a shaft extending lengthwise the machine, pinions on said shaft engaging the racks, a toothed wheel fixed on said shaft, a pinion engaging said toothed wheel, a hand wheel for actuating the last said pinion, a. ratchet wheel fixed to the hand wheel, and a ratchet for engaging said ratchet wheel.

JAMES WHITEHEAD. 

